Organoids: A historical perspective of thinking in three dimensions

In this perspective, Simian and Bissell discuss the evolution of the 3D culture and organoid research field up to now as well as its future directions.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of Cell Biology

• Publication date

  2017-01-02

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, History

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1083/jcb.201610056PMID 28031422PMCID 5223613
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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